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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 241.010: DISPOSITION OF FETAL REMAINS.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES
- SUBTITLE B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES
- CHAPTER 241. HOSPITALS
- SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
(a) A hospital shall release the remains of an unintended, intrauterine fetal death on the request of a parent of the unborn child, in a manner appropriate under law and the hospital's policy for disposition of a human body.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), if the remains of an unintended, intrauterine fetal death weigh less than 350 grams, a hospital shall release the remains on the request of a parent of the unborn child, in a manner that is appropriate under law and consistent with hospital policy.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 342 (H.B. 635), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.
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